UPDATE: New Rasmussen Poll: "59% of all voters are concerned that those opposed to President Trump’s policies will resort to violence, with 33% who are Very Concerned" During March of Obama's second year in office, the same numbers were "53% and 28% respectively."...
Media Discussion on CPRC
In News article at Fox News: Experts shoot holes in CNN’s report on school gun violence
Dr. John Lott was interviewed about recent claims about how frequent schools shootings are in the US. From the Fox News article: John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center and contributor to FoxNews.com, who has published “More Guns, Less Crime,”...
Walter Williams discusses our work: In a time of less gun control there were fewer shootings
George Mason economics Professor Walter Williams discusses some of Dr. John Lott's past writings in his weekly national column. His column is syndicated by Creators. legal scholar John Lott argues that gun accessibility in our country has never been as restricted as...
Crime Prevention Research Center in the News: USA Today, Rolling Stone, CNN, Sky News, and others
USA Today, May 4, 2018 Fox News columnist John Lott said the "news media love to criticize hypocrisy — at least by conservatives — even when it doesn’t exist." "Protecting the president and vice president of the United States from assassination is not the same as...
MSNBC mentions President Trump using CPRC research on gun-free zones
Mike Pesca with Slate mentions President Trump using CPRC's research on mass public shootings occurring in gun-free zones. An explanation for why Pesca and others are wrong in questioning the CPRC numbers is available here. May 4, 2018
Crime Prevention Research Center in the News: Townhall, American Spectator, and other places around the country
Townhall, April 28, 2018 But a study of global mass-shooting incidents from 2009 to 2015 by the Crime Prevention Research Center, headed by economist John Lott, shows the U.S. doesn't lead the world in mass shootings. In fact, it doesn't even make the top 10, when...
Why we should have armed teachers
Should teachers and staff at schools be armed? John Stossel and producer Maxim Lott made a video analyzing that question, and used CPRC research to do so. More information on concealed handguns at schools is available here. There are a couple of nitpicking points to...
Associated Press cites CPRC: What makes a justifiable self-defense?
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by the Associated Press about a case that was clearly not protected by the state's Stand Your Ground law. No reasonable person would have felt threatened by the criminal once he was lying unconscious on the floor. Here is part of the...
At Fox News on Top Rated States for the Gun Industry
Fox News interviewed Dr. John Lott for a news article that they ran on the top-rated states for the gun industry. Red Alabama is the best state for the firearms industry when it comes to factors such as jobs and gun culture, while blue Rhode Island is the worst,...
Not that long ago, kids were toting guns in New York City
You wouldn't think it after last weekend's "March for Our Lives," but it wasn't that long ago that thousands of high schoolers were walking around with guns. From the New York Post article, "When toting guns in high school was cool": “Even in New York City, virtually...
CPRC in the News: Voice of America, Daily Signal, Utah Chronicle, CNSNews, Odessa American, and others
Voice of America, March 16, 2018 Though the NRA has come on board, other gun rights advocates say treatment, not gun seizure, is the answer to dealing with gun owners who show signs of trouble. "If you really believe somebody is a danger to themselves or others, then...
Mark Levin read our latest Op-ed on his National Radio Show to discuss the push towards “Universal” Background Checks
Mark Levin read our latest op-ed from Fox News on his national radio show. The op-ed discussed what impact that Omnibus-spending bill would have on gun control, and it was titled "The Second Amendment rights of more than 4 million Americans are at risk thanks to...











